On Dec 16, 2:24 am, Lady Azure <laddie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
's.org> wrote:
> laraine wrote:
>
> > On Dec 13, 7:18 am, ibshambat2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > > TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- The age-long animosity between cat and mouse
> > > could be a thing of the past with genetically modified "fearless"
mice
> > > that Japanese scientists say shed light on mammal behavior.
>
> > > Using genetic engineering, scientists at Tokyo University say they
> > > have successfully switched off the rodents' instinct to cower at the
> > > smell or presence of cats -- showing that fear is genetically
> > > hardwired and not learned through experience, as commonly believed.
>
> > But I thought mice were _supposed_ to fear cats,
> > so that they could run away and not be eaten(?)
> > Are these special cats?
>
> > C.
>
> ROFL.
> You have never seen a Vole take on a cat before, what a sight.
> Suckers stand on their back legs, scream, wave back and forth, and jump
> at the cat, usually at their face trying to blind them.
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071217/ap_on_sc/
indonesia_giant_rat;_ylt=Ah_iHAiMWJhNfhG9FsN.BxxieAA>
Giant rat discovered in Indonesia jungle
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Researchers in a remote jungle
in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny
possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring
the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation,
scientists said Monday.
.....
The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city
rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian
Institution in Wa****ngton. "With no fear of humans, it
apparently came into the camp several times during
the trip."
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